Re: cannot get SP3 to install SA Blank Password

From: Tete Mensa-Annan [MS] (tetem@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/29/03 

From: "Tete Mensa-Annan [MS]" <tetem@online.microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:57:44 -0800

Is this what you are experiencing?

SOLUTION: Validating a user error during SP3 upgrade

Problem Description:
Several of you have encountered problems running the Service Pack 3 setup
where setup fails very early on while "validating a user". This problem can
occur when MDAC version 2.6 or earlier is present on the machine at the time
of upgrade. Those who received later versions of the server network library
components of MDAC through a later upgrade (MDAC 2.7 as part of Windows XP
Pro for example) will not encounter this problem.

Resolution/workaround:
As Jeff Boyd noted elsewhere in the newsgroups, you can change the "DSQuery"
entry in the registry as a temporary workaround. The key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\Client\ConnectTo\DSQuery
value to "DBNETLIB".

We will get some type of official KB article out in the near future. For
now, I hope this helps those of you encountering this issue.

T 

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"Bill Allen" <wallen.ctchc@tachc.org> wrote in message
news:063101c2c6e6$8539f160$89f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA01...
> I am running SQL 2000 on an NT 4.0 (SP6) server.  We had
> Slammer attack at our location.  I was am trying to run
> the SP3 update to remove the vulnerability.  However, I
> cannot get beyond the point in the install where I am to
> authenticate, either Windows or SQL.  The install stops
> with Error while detecting SA Blank Password.  I have
> tried to go into the Enterprise Manager to set this
> password. I don't seem to get far this way either.  Any
> suggestions?
>
> Sincerely,
> Bill Allen
>

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